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I PEN AND PENCIL RACK. No. 271,817. Patented Peb.6,188*3.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK F. DUMKE, OF MILWAUKEE, WIS ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES BOROEI- ERT, WVILLIAM P. VOLLERT, AND HENRY B OLLOW, OF SAME PLACE.

PEN AND PENCIL RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,817, dated February 6, 1883.

Application filed July 17, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, FRANK F. DUMKE, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain 5 newand useful Improvements in Racks or Holders for Pencils, Pens, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof.

My invention relates to devices for holding lead and slate pencils, pen-holders, and similar articles in place, and is particularly adapted for use in schools and draftsmens or architects offices; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction, all as will be more particularly set forth hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figurel is a plan view of one form of my device mounted in a box or case with the cover open, and with the pens,

pencils, &c., and the securing device removed.

2o Fig. 2 is a like view, but showing the device in use, with the pencils, &c., held in place by a securing device. Fig.3 is a'modihcation of the device shown in Fig.1. Fig. 4. is an end view of the device shown in Fig. 1, but with the securing device in place. Fig.5 is acrosssection on the line a; 00 of Fig. 2, but showing the cover closed; and Fig. 6 is a view on the line 114 of Fig. 3.

A represents a case or box, which may be 0 of any preferred or suitable shape and material, so long as it is rigid and non-flexible.

It maybe of pasteboard, wood, metal, 850.,

and painted, japanned, or covered with cloth or paper, or not, as preferred, and itmayhave rounded or beveled corners, or the whole box may be round or oblong in cross-section but Ifind the shape shown in the drawings as convenient as any.

B represents the shaft, which may be either 0 capable of revolution, as in Figs. 1 and 2, or

stationary, as in Fig. 3.

(J is the holder proper, made of any desired material-such as ppsteboard-and preferably of the shape of a star in cross-section, as

shown, and which may be made with any desired number of sections or compartments. In Figs. 1 and 2 this holder is represented as rigidly secured to the shaft B and adapted to revolve with it, the screwsorpins a a being, in fact, trunnions, while in Fig. 3 the shaft B is shown adapted to be held rigidly to the box or case by the screws or pins or a, and the holder 0 then revolves upon the shaft, instead of with it, being secured against lateral movement by the rings or collars .b l), which are rigidly secured to the shaft B; but in either case the holder 0 revolves, and hence itis immaterial whether the shaft B is movable or stationary.

D represents the simplest form of my securing device, being merely an endless elastic band, to accommodate which and keep it from slipping out of place the holder 0 is preferably notched or cut down at its center, as shown at c, a further purpose of this cutting down being to accommodate andhold firmly articles of difl'erent sizes. In place of this band D, I may use any equivalent form of securing device, such as a metal spiral spring; but I prefer the elastic band, as being simpler, neater, and cheaper. By reason of its elasticity it will hold one pencil in place, when all the others have been removed, just as firmly as ifevery compartment of the holder were full, and will also hold pencils, &c., of varying or diflerentdiameters; and the pencil, pens, 860., can be. noiselessly withdrawn from the holder and case or replaced within it,

which is-a feature of importance, especially in schools, where stillness is desirable.

By making my box and holder of suitable finds its greatest field of usefulness.

I am aware that a somewhat similar revolving device has heretofore been constructed for holding pencils and otherarticles, and the wholerolled up in a flexible wrapper; but I am notaware that any such device has been mounted in a rigid case, or in the manner.

shown by me, and this is most important, as otherwise the points of the pens andpencils would not be sufficiently protected, nor would any such device as that above described be adapted for convenient and instantaneous use. injury while revolvingivithin the case, as set Having thus described my invention, what 1 forth. claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters In testimony that I claim the foregoing I Patent, ishave hereunto set my hand on this 25th day of 5 In a device for holding pencils, pen-holders, May, 1882, in the presence of two witnesses.' 15

&c., the combination of the rigid case A, horiv FRANK F. DUMKE.

zontally-revolving holder 0, notched, as shown at c, and mounted on shaft B, and securing de- Witnesses:

vice D, adapted to hold thepencils, &o.,firmly HAROLD G. UNDERWOOD, 1b in place, and thereby protect their points from CARL PICKHARDT. 

